153 articles tagged "usa"
The latest in a series of attempts by allies of President Donald Trump to overturn the November US election result has failed. A Texas judge rejected the case, brought by Republican Louie Gohmert, seeking to stop V
The U.S. Ambassador to Fiji Joseph Cella has announced the approval of $204,550 in assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. These funds will be used to s
Members of the US electoral college have affirmed Joe Biden's presidential election victory, one of the final steps required for him to take office. The Democrat won November's contest with 306 electoral college vo
Time magazine has named Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2020's Person of the Year. The two made history on November 7th this year when they beat Donald Trump in a bitter election that put him in a small club of Preside
The US Supreme Court has rejected an unprecedented attempt to throw out election results in four battleground states that was backed by President Donald Trump. The lawsuit, filed this week by the state of Texas, so
US President Donald Trump has accepted that a formal transition can begin for US President-elect Joe Biden to take office. Trump said he was recommending a key federal agency "do what needs to be done", even as he
A judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a lawsuit from the Trump campaign that sought to invalidate millions of mail-in votes in the battleground state. Judge Matthew Brann said the lawsuit, which rested on allegatio
Facebook and Twitter's chief executives are being cross-examined by US senators for the second time in three weeks. The two were summoned to answer questions about how their platforms had limited distribution of a
Primary, high school and university students from Fiji, Japan and the United States were hosted today at the U.S. Embassy to watch the launch of the NASA and SpaceX Crew-1 Mission to the International Space Station (ISS
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says a visit by the US President-Elect Joe Biden to Fiji next year would highlight the issues faced by Fiji and the rest of the world because of climate change. While speaking t
US President Donald Trump has insisted he is not conceding the US election, despite seemingly acknowledging for the first time that Democrat Joe Biden won. The Republican president wrote on Twitter that Biden won b
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has invited US President-Elect Joe Biden to visit Fiji during Fiji’s chairmanship of the Pacific Forum in August 2021. If Biden accepts the offer he would become the first US Pre
Former US President George Bush congratulated President-elect Joe Biden in a phone call and said that, while President Donald Trump has the right to pursue legal challenges and recounts, the 2020 race was "fundamentally
U.S. President Donald Trump will be subject to the same Twitter rules as any other user when President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January. Twitter places “public interest†notices on some rule-breaking twe
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama appears to have become the first world leader to publicly congratulate Joe Biden on his US presidential election win. According to Newsweek.com, Bainimarama took to Twitter to exp
US President Donald Trump has accused his political rivals of trying to steal the US election as the result hangs in the balance. His Democratic challenger Joe Biden earlier appealed for calm as the nail-biting cou
Democrat Joe Biden has predicted victory over President Donald Trump after winning two critical U.S. states, while the Republican incumbent alleged fraud, filed lawsuits and demanded recounts in a race yet to be decided
US President Donald Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Elect
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is leading the race with 253 electoral votes. US President Donald Trump has 213 electoral votes. Votes are still being counted in several key states, which could deter
US President Donald Trump has won Florida and has also won Ohio while Joe Biden took New Hampshire. Other battleground states remain too close or too early to call. The calls were the first and only in an elec
